Connector assembly

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a board-end connector and a cable-end connector. The board-end connector includes an outer shell and an insulated housing, a terminal module, and a conductive body in the outer shell. The outer shell includes a cover plate and a frame opening portion and has first elastic pieces and second elastic pieces. The insulated housing has a receiving cavity and an insertion opening. The terminal module includes ground terminals and pairs of signal terminals. The conductive body includes a main body and third elastic pieces. The main body is connected to the second elastic pieces, and each of the third elastic pieces is connected to a corresponding one of the ground terminals. The cable-end connector includes a flexible parallel cable and a plug, and two surfaces of the flexible parallel cable include grounding conduction portions.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A connector assembly, comprising:
 a board-end connector comprising:
 an outer shell, comprising a cover plate and a frame opening portion at one side of the cover plate, wherein the outer shell has a plurality of first elastic pieces and a plurality of second elastic pieces, the first elastic pieces extend from two sides of the frame opening portion toward an interior of the frame opening portion, and the second elastic pieces extend from the cover plate toward an interior of the cover plate; 
 an insulated housing in the outer shell, wherein the insulated housing has a receiving cavity and an insertion opening in communication with the receiving cavity and corresponding to the frame opening portion, a surface of the insulated housing has a plurality of through holes for receiving the second elastic pieces; 
 a terminal module in the receiving cavity of the insulated housing, wherein the terminal module comprises a plurality of ground terminals and a plurality of pairs of signal terminals arranged as a single row along an axial line; and 
 a conductive body comprising a main body and a plurality of third elastic pieces, wherein the main body is in the receiving cavity of the insulated housing and connected to the second elastic pieces, and each of the third elastic pieces extends outwards from the main body and is connected to a corresponding one of the ground terminals; and 
   a cable-end connector comprising a flexible parallel cable and a plug at one end of the flexible parallel cable, wherein two surfaces of the flexible parallel cable comprise a plurality of grounding conduction portions;   wherein when the plug and the flexible parallel cable of the cable-end connector are inserted into the receiving cavity through the insertion opening, each of the grounding conduction portions contacts a corresponding one of the first elastic pieces to allow an electrical connection among the flexible parallel cable, the outer shell, the conductive body, and the ground terminals to be established.   
     
     
         2 . The connector assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the ground terminals comprises a first contact portion, a first body portion, and a first tail portion, the first contact portion extends from one of two ends of the first body portion, and the first tail portion extends from the other end of the first body portion; each of the signal terminals comprises a second contact portion, a second body portion, and a second tail portion, the second contact portion extends from one of two ends of the second body portion, and the second tail portion extends from the other end of the second body portion. 
     
     
         3 . The connector assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the terminal module comprises a terminal base formed with the first body portions of the ground terminals and the second body portions of the signal terminals, and the first tail portions of the ground terminals and the second tail portions of the signal terminals are exposed from the terminal base. 
     
     
         4 . The connector assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein the terminal base comprises a plurality of protrusions combined with the signal terminals, each of the protrusions covers a corresponding one of the second body portions, and each of the first body portions is exposed from a side portion of a corresponding one of the protrusions and connected to a corresponding one of the third elastic pieces. 
     
     
         5 . The connector assembly according to  claim 4 , wherein the conductive body comprises a plurality of shielding portions, each of the shielding portions leans against a corresponding one of the protrusions, and each of the third elastic pieces extends from a side portion of a corresponding one of the shielding portions to the side portion of the corresponding one of the protrusions and is connected to the corresponding one of the first body portions. 
     
     
         6 . The connector assembly according to  claim 2 , wherein the main body of the conductive body is between the terminal module and the cover plate, and the main body is covered over the first contact portions and the second contact portions. 
     
     
         7 . The connector assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein a skin of the flexible parallel cable comprises a shielding layer, the shielding layer has a plurality of non-insulated regions, and the grounding conduction portions are arranged on the non-insulated regions at the two surfaces of the flexible parallel cable. 
     
     
         8 . The connector assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the pairs of the signal terminals are between corresponding two of the ground terminals, one surface of the plug comprises a plurality of contacts, and the contacts are configured to be connected to the signal terminals and the ground terminals. 
     
     
         9 . The connector assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein the number of the signal terminals and the ground terminals is 37, the number of the signal terminals is 24, and the number of the ground terminals is 13. 
     
     
         10 . The connector assembly according to  claim 8 , wherein the flexible parallel cable of the cable-end connector is a flexible flat cable, each of the contacts is a flat terminal, a connection line between the contacts is defined as a first axial line, the contacts are arranged along the first axial line and spaced apart from each other, and the contacts at the surface of the plug are arranged into a single row.